Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Word comes from the Navy Depart
ment that the new eonboat "Balti-
more" now eing built at Cramps
shipyard in Philadelphia. is rapidly
approaching completion. The mate
rial for the dynamite cruiser has also I
arrived in the yard an,.the men have
commenced work on the substructure
OF that craft. The use OF dynamite
in warfare is causing a complete reso- .
luton in the old systems OF attack
and defense. No vessel OF I'm enemy
would dare enter waters where The
presence OF a small .raft built to
throw dynamite bombs fiss suspected
even. The building % ,ortiiications
about our principal barbors can no
longer be ad, ocaicd, as the purpose
of forts has been superseded by the
use OF modern explosives. so small
they may be carried in the hand. so
deadly no man lives but fears their
very existence. In the lace OF the hor-
rihle character that modern ingenuity
now gives to war. by the manufacture
OF such totally destroying implements
mankind may learn TO ahhor wars to
such degree that no nation calling it.
self civilized will consent to engage in
one.
A West Virginian, OF fhe conventions
al lean, long type, appeared at the
Pension Office this week TO give evl-
dencc in "a pending claim. He is one
OF a family OF thirty hrec children.
Twenty OF this number were boys, SIX
teen Oi whom served in the Union
army Fourteen OF these SONS survive
and draw pensions. b. the death Of
two the mother il entitled to IA pen
sion also. Gen. Black states that the
records oi the Pension Office fail to
show Il parallel ease. where sixteen
sons OF one father and mo her served
as soldiers The name of this family
is Brown, and they app,nr 70 have III
this instance lar outstr'ppei their n
walls, the Smiths.
A conference of leadin, Democratsis
expected to take place IN this city
about the frs. OF July to disct.s> the
! reduction OF the revcnue. speaker
Carlisle's 5 arrival is daily iooi;ci for.
His coming will be the signal - Other
! leading members on the Democratic
4, side Oi the House to come. They
, hope, by this conterenre, or series OF
/ conferences, 10 arrive ~ some sort of
, an agreement as to the hest methods
: 10 reduce iils re,cniic. These coilier-
enccs are to be only preliminary 10 Il
party caucus to be held about The ime
OF the meeting oi COn-re-s. The liiil-
culties To be met IN reaching a oonclu-
sion, on The question of u reduction nj
! tho tariff. are the different views held
/ by members OF Congress. who repre-
! sent different sections oi the country.
: Mr.. Randall has not moved from his
old stand on the tariff and there is
I talk attoat OF much dis~utisfaci ion
! with his leadership of he appropria-
ton committee. All IRE agree! on II
reduction oi he revenue. but income
to no unity oi opinion as to the OBJ
jects OF taxation which should be ro-
leased.
| Proposals, for he new bridge To hr
built by the Government across the
Eastern Branch will be alvertis, "a.
soon as some legal formall,le to Sc
cure the validity of The GoFernment :
title to the approach on the eastern
side Of he II .ef are gone through
with. This br lae " III be Il handsome
structure. II will head TO the Govern
ment asylum for the insane. What,
with the new bridge to be buit across
the Potomac above George Own ana
the new Memorial bridge, Washington
will have. when they are completed
some approaehes 20 the city worth.
OF the capital of the United states
For years the bridges leading to til,
city have been object .of neglect and
uglincss. rs well as dangerous to lll'
and limb of man and beast. such q
bridge rs the one known rs the Acquc
duct. leading from Georgetown TO N
lingtO on Cemetery. wou,a he con Siieref
"a disgrace to any county of ii tnrivin'
State in the West.
Superintcndent Graves, of the Bu
{, reau of Ensravin, and printinl. III or
der to make the Appropriation ran
until the end oi he IL al Y ar, has or
dercd his force To relse work at
o'clock each day. vi h . corre-ppn
ing reduction of pay. The per hien
+ men feel very much i,ggfleVei over Ia
= order, a. the sal1gl-i cuplnyc, ar
. also dismissed AT iie same hour with
n out n corresponding reduction of pny
The fiscal year ends on Ia Afternoon
of the 3Drh Of June. hich unsi-.
exists III the several departments i!
> regard 10 the ghan-esrXpe''ei 70 ta'l
place in the c,ericai force at the op.n
: ing oi the new fiscal year, espe tally u
the Quart brnern Once
where the recent examinations tool
place. The iirst nf lnlv j. "a bal I'm
of the yea.to toe .nNIau- about my
thing cert t1inlyi it j, hust q Ice doubt
ful about the source of ONE. hrel
and buttSr lt any time.